
Leonard Rossiter
Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor known for his roles as Rupert Rigsby, in the British comedy television series Rising Damp (1974–78), and Reginald Iolanthe Perrin, in The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976–79). He also had a long and distinguished career in the theatre and gained some notoriety for a series of Cinzano commercials (1978–1983), with Joan Collins.
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CREDITS
PHOTOS
TV Series

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
8

Z-Cars
7

Rising Damp
7.5

Redcap
6

Play for Today
6.333

The BBC Television Shakespeare
6

The Losers
6

Tripper's Day
3

The Carnforth Practice
0

BBC Play of the Month
5

The Galton & Simpson Playhouse
0

Studio Four
6

You Can't Win
0

Death is a Good Living
0

BBC Play of the Month
5

Alice in Wonderland
0

Steptoe and Son
7.8

Steptoe and Son
7.8

Play for Today
6.333

The Perishers
5.5
Movies

2001: A Space Odyssey
8.064

Barry Lyndon
8

Otley
6.19

Deadlier Than the Male
5.9

Rising Damp
5.5

The Pink Panther Strikes Again
6.9

Billy Liar
6.858

Britannia Hospital
6.281

A Kind of Loving
7

The Witches
6.1

King Rat
7

Drums Along The Avon
0

Oliver!
7.005

Deadfall
5.4

Water
5.9

The Long Ships
6.1

Luther
5.6

'Oh, Miss Jones!': The Very Best of Leonard Rossiter
6

Le Petomane
5.2

The Year of the Sex Olympics
5.3

Hotel Paradiso
5.4

If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1

Diamonds for Breakfast
5.786

Leonard Rossiter: Comedy Great
0

A Jolly Bad Fellow
5.5

The Double Agent
0

Fearless Frank
0

Trail of the Pink Panther
5.2

The Whisperers
6.4

Machinegunner
0

The Devil's Eggshell
0

The Wrong Box
6.5

The Moon Over Soho
0

The Life and Death of King John
7

Starry Night
3.8

This Sporting Life
7

Dog Ends
0

Voyage of the Damned
5.9

The Italian Table
0

The Unforgettable Leonard Rossiter
0

After the Solo
0

The Factory
0

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
0

The Waterloo Bridge Handicap
6